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Chen SI, Chiang CL, Chao CT, Chiang CK, Huang JW. Gustatory Function and the Uremic Toxin, Phosphate, Are Modulators of the Risk of Vascular Calcification among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Pilot Study. Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:toxins12060420. [PMID: 32630499 PMCID: PMC7354456 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12060420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an increased risk of vascular calcification (VC), including aortic arch calcification (AAC). Few investigated the influence of gustatory function on the probability of having VC. We examined whether gustatory function results modulated the probability of having VC in patients with CKD. We prospectively enrolled adults with CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2), with their AAC rated semi-quantitatively and gustatory function assessed by objective and subjective approaches. Multiple logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between gustatory function results and AAC. Those with AAC had significantly better objective gustatory function in aggregate scores (p = 0.039) and categories (p = 0.022) and less defective bitter taste (p = 0.045) and scores (p = 0.037) than those without. Multiple regression analyses showed that higher aggregate scores (odds ratio (OR) 1.288, p = 0.032), or better gustatory function, and higher bitter taste scores (OR 2.558, p = 0.019) were each associated with a higher probability of having AAC among CKD patients; such an association was modulated by serum phosphate levels. In conclusion, better gustatory function was independently correlated with having AAC among CKD patients. A follow-up of VC severity may be an underrecognized component of care for CKD patients with a preserved gustatory function.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shih-I Chen
- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Beihu Branch, Taipei 108, Taiwan;
- Geriatric and Community Medicine Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital BeiHu Branch, Taipei 108, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, National Taiwan University Hospital Beihu Branch, Taipei 108, Taiwan;
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Beihu Branch, Taipei 108, Taiwan;
- Geriatric and Community Medicine Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital BeiHu Branch, Taipei 108, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Toxicology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan;
- Correspondence: Chia-Ter Chao, ; Tel.: +886-2-23717101-5307; Fax: +886-2-23123456
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- Graduate Institute of Toxicology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan;
- Department of Integrative Diagnostics and Therapeutics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin Branch, Yunlin County 260, Taiwan;
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Chao CT, Wang J, Wu HY, Huang JW, Chien KL. Age modifies the risk factor profiles for acute kidney injury among recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients: a population-based study. GeroScience 2018; 40:201-217. [PMID: 29488059 PMCID: PMC5964062 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-018-0013-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) rises with age and is associated with multiple risk factors. Here, we compared the risk factors for AKI between younger and older incident diabetic patients to examine the trends in risk alteration for individual factors across different age groups. Between 2007 and 2013, we selected all incident type 2 diabetic adults from the Taiwan National Health Insurance registry, stratified based on age: young (< 65 years), old (≥ 65 but < 75 years), and older-old (≥ 75 years). All factors with potential renal influence (e.g., comorbidities, medications, and diagnostics/procedures) were recorded during the study period, with a nested case-controlled approach utilized to identify independent risk factors for AKI in each age group. Totally, 930,709 type 2 diabetic patients were categorized as young (68.7%), old (17.7%), or older-old (13.6%). Older-old patients showed a significantly higher incidence of AKI than the old and the young groups. Cardiovascular morbidities (hypertension, atrial fibrillation, acute coronary syndrome, and cerebrovascular disease) were shown to increase the risk of AKI, although the risk declined with increasing age. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and receiving cardiac catheterization elevated the risk of AKI preferentially in the older-old/old and older-old group, respectively, while the administration of angiotensin-converting enzyme/α-blocker and angiotensin receptor blocker/calcium channel blocker reduced the risk of AKI preferentially in the older-old and older-old/old group, respectively. In conclusion, our findings highlight the importance of devising age-specific risk factor panels for AKI in patients with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chia-Ter Chao
- Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital BeiHu branch, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Jin-Shan branch, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Toxicology, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Geriatric and Community Medicine Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital BeiHu branch, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, NO.17, Xu-Zhou Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, NO.17, Xu-Zhou Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan
- Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, NO.17, Xu-Zhou Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.
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